Moving experiences: A qualitative analysis of health and migration

Health and Place

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 327-339

  Elliott, Susan J ^a,b   Gillie, Joan ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health; Migration; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CAREGIVER; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FIJI; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CAREGIVERS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; FIJI; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY;

EID: 0032222946     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1353-8292(98)00029-X     Document Type: Article

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